I am currently a Research Fellow and Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science at nyuad .
My research focuses on the interplay between Human Rights, Transitional Justice, and how societies produce, negotiate and dispute their collective memories of past authoritarian regimes, with a recent emphasis on Truth and Reconciliation Commissions and amnesty laws in the Global South.
I approach these themes using different methodologies, including comparative politics, extensive interviews with past and present state actors, stakeholders and activists, archival research, and international fieldwork (South Africa, East Timor, Argentina, Northern Ireland). In addition, I have pursued extensive fieldwork in my home country of Brazil.